Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he intends to pardon Army Sergeant Daniel Perry, who was convicted on April 7 of the 2020 fatal shooting of armed Black Lives Matter protester, Garrett Foster. Abbott said the sergeant is protected by the Texas “Stand Your Ground” law, and has already requested the Board of Pardons and Paroles […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he is seeking to pardon the U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of shooting dead a man wielding a gun at him during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. Abbott announced on April 8 that he will pardon Sgt. Daniel Perry, 37, who was working for Uber in Austin […]
President Joe Biden issued a pardon for Americans who were convicted of marijuana possession under federal law. Biden also said that classifying marijuana as a schedule one drug doesn’t make sense because that would put it in the same category as heroin. Will there be an overhaul of the policies? NTD spoke to Paul Larkin, a […]
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has rejected a request to have George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for a 2004 drug arrest. The board had initially recommended the pardon to Gov. Greg Abbott in October 2021, but reversed its decision in December 2021, citing “procedural errors” in its recommendation and saying it […]
SEOUL—South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol pardoned Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee on Friday, with the justice ministry saying the business leader was needed to help overcome a “national economic crisis.” The pardon is largely symbolic, with Lee already out on parole after serving 18 months in jail for bribery in a scandal that […]
CANBERRA, Australia—An Australian state attorney general on Wednesday declined to pardon a mother convicted almost 20 years ago of smothering her four children to death and instead ordered a new inquiry into whether there could be a medical explanation for the tragedies. The inquiry will be the second in three years into scientific evidence that […]
President Trump pardons more people, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and longtime adviser Roger Stone, Trump also indicates an urgent need to appoint a special counsel to examine the election, and Georgia’s secretary of state calls to end ‘no-excuse’ absentee voting because it opens the door to potential illegal voting.
President Trump gave Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn a full pardon this week, ending a four-year criminal odyssey for the retired 3-star general. Flynn was Trump’s national security advisor in the early days of his administration and importantly—during the transition period. That was when he spoke to the Russian Ambassador to the United States and Flynn’s […]
In this episode of America Is Talking, we talk to Peter Kuo, vice chair of the California Republican Party, and Craig Keshishian, senior advisor to InsiderAdvantage, about three Republican victories in California House races. Then, we discuss President Donald Trump granting a full pardon to General Michael Flynn with Ivan Pentchoukov, senior political reporter for […]
A woman who accompanied her older boyfriend during a string of killings recounted in the Bruce Springsteen song “Nebraska” is seeking an official pardon, saying she was 14 years old at the time and that he had threatened to kill her family if she didn’t obey.
LONDON—A British academic who was jailed for life in the United Arab Emirates on charges of spying has been pardoned by the president and released. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student from Durham University, was pardoned by President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Nov. 25 as part of mass clemency for more than 700 […]
Leonard Singleton, a 51-year-old man from Virginia, was released on Wednesday after 23 years behind bars. Singleton was convicted for a string of robberies in 1995 and given two life sentences plus 110 years in prison. In January, former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe granted him a conditional pardon. It was a tearful moment for Leonard […]
